CAPE CORAL BRIDGE • MIDPOINT MEMORIAL BRIDGE • SANIBEL CAUSEWAY April 2020 Annual Trafc and Revenue Report Fiscal Year 2019 Lee County Toll Facilities Prepared for: Lee County Toll Facilities FY 2019 Annual Traffic and Revenue Report TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO THE LEE COUNTY TOLL FACILITIES .................. 1 REPORT PURPOSE AND STRUCTURE ............................................................. 1 SYSTEM HISTORY ..................................................................................................... 2 Facility Milestones .............................................................................................. 4 TOLL RATE SCHEDULES ....................................................................................... 5 TOTAL SYSTEMWIDE TRANSACTIONS AND GROSS TOLL REVENUES ................................................................................................................... 8 Fiscal Year 2019 Toll Transactions and Revenues .......................................... 8 Historical Toll Transactions and Revenues .................................................... 10 ETC PARTICIPATION ............................................................................................. 13 TOLL TRANSACTIONS BY PAYMENT TYPE ................................................. 15 TOLL TRANSACTIONS BY VEHICLE CLASS ........................................ 18 COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE ............................................................ 18 Other Florida Toll Facilities .............................................................................. 18 AVERAGE TOLL ....................................................................................... 20 PROGRAM SALES .................................................................................... 21 TRANSPONDER SALES ........................................................................... 22 VIOLATION ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM ................................................... 23 CHAPTER 2 REGIONAL ECONOMIC GROWTH TRENDS ................................................. 27 HISTORICAL SOCIOECONOMIC TRENDS ..................................................... 28 Population .......................................................................................................... 28 Employment ....................................................................................................... 30 Household Income ............................................................................................ 31 Gross Regional Product ................................................................................... 33 Building Permits ................................................................................................ 34 Tourism .............................................................................................................. 36 Short-Term Recent Socioeconomic Statistics ............................................. 37 Employment ....................................................................................................... 37 Gross Retail Sales ............................................................................................. 39 Building Permits ................................................................................................ 39 Table of Contents Lee County Toll Facilities FY 2019 Annual Traffic and Revenue Report TOC 1 Lee County Toll Facilities FY 2019 Annual Traffic and Revenue Report Cape Coral Development .................................................................................. 40 PROJECTED SOCIOECONOMIC GROWTH ................................................... 41 CHAPTER 3 MIDPOINT MEMORIAL BRIDGE .............................................................. 45 FACILITY PROFILE.................................................................................................. 45 Facility Capacity ................................................................................................ 46 HISTORICAL TOLL TRANSACTIONS AND REVENUES ............................ 46 SEASONAL TOLL TRANSACTION VARIATIONS .................................. 52 DAY-OF-WEEK TOLL TRANSACTION VARIATIONS ............................. 54 HOURLY TOLL TRANSACTION VARIATIONS ....................................... 54 FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS AND PLANS ................................................ 56 ANNUAL EVENTS ..................................................................................... 56 CHAPTER 4 CAPE CORAL BRIDGE ..................................................................................... 57 FACILITY PROFILE.................................................................................................. 57 Facility Capacity ................................................................................................ 58 HISTORICAL TOLL TRANSACTIONS AND REVENUES ............................ 58 SEASONAL TOLL TRANSACTION VARIATIONS .................................. 64 DAY-OF-WEEK TOLL TRANSACTION VARIATIONS ............................. 66 HOURLY TOLL TRANSACTION VARIATIONS ....................................... 66 FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS AND PLANS ................................................ 68 ANNUAL EVENTS ..................................................................................... 68 CHAPTER 5 SANIBEL CAUSEWAY ....................................................................................... 69 FACILITY PROFILE.................................................................................................. 69 Facility Capacity ................................................................................................ 70 Table of Contents Lee County Toll Facilities FY 2019 Annual Traffic and Revenue Report TOC 2 Lee County Toll Facilities FY 2019 Annual Traffic and Revenue Report HISTORICAL TOLL TRANSACTIONS AND REVENUES ............................ 70 SEASONAL TOLL TRANSACTION VARIATIONS .................................. 75 DAY-OF-WEEK TOLL TRANSACTION VARIATIONS ............................. 77 HOURLY TOLL TRANSACTION VARIATIONS ....................................... 78 FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS AND PLANS ................................................ 79 CHAPTER 6 NET AND EXCESS TOLL REVENUE ................................................................. 81 NET TOLL REVENUE .............................................................................................. 81 EXPENDITURES AND EXCESS REVENUE ..................................................... 82 Senior Lien Debt Obligation ............................................................................. 82 Renewal and Replacement Fund ..................................................................... 84 Other Debt and Expenses ................................................................................. 84 Interlocal Agreements ....................................................................................... 85 Sanibel Interlocal Agreement ................................................................... 85 Cape Coral Interlocal Agreement ............................................................ 85 Capital Improvement Program ......................................................................... 86 APPENDIX A INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT – CITY OF CAPE CORAL APPENDIX B SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT – CITY OF SANIBEL Table of Contents Lee County Toll Facilities FY 2019 Annual Traffic and Revenue Report TOC 3 Lee County Toll Facilities FY 2019 Annual Traffic and Revenue Report FIGURES 1-1 Location Map ................................................................................................................... 3 1-2 Percent Share of FY 2019 Toll Transactions and Revenues by Facility .................... 9 1-3 Systemwide Annual Toll Transactions and Revenues, FY 1988 - 2019 ................... 12 1-4 Percent Change in Toll Transactions between FY 2018 and FY 2019, by Month – Cape Coral Bridge, Midpoint Memorial Bridge, and Sanibel Causeway .................. 13 1-5 Percent of Toll Transactions by Payment Type by Facility ....................................... 15 1-6 Comparison of FY 2018 and FY 2019, Systemwide Monthly Revenues from Transponder Sales ........................................................................................................ 22 1-7 Comparison of FY 2018 and FY 2019, Systemwide Monthly Transponder Sales ............................................................................................................................... 23 2-1 Top Ten Counties, Absolute Population Growth, 2009 – 2019 ................................. 29 2-2 Top Ten Counties, Percent Population Growth, 2009 – 2019 .................................... 30 2-3 Total Units Permitted, 2000 – 2019 .............................................................................. 35 2-4 Lee County Annual Visitors, 2009 – 2019 ................................................................... 37 2-5 Percent Change in Total Employment, 2019 vs. 2018 ............................................... 38 2-6 Unemployment Rate by Month, 2015 – 2019............................................................... 38 2-7 Lee County Monthly Gross Retail Sales, 2015 – 2019 ............................................... 39 2-8 Percent Change in Building Permits for New Housing Units, 2014 – 2019 .............. 40 3-1 Midpoint Memorial Bridge Location Map .................................................................... 45 3-2 Midpoint Memorial Bridge Historical Toll Transactions and Annual Growth, FY